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humoursome

humoursome adjective: liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.

Adjective

humoursome (comparative more humoursome, superlative most humoursome)

  1. (archaic) Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.

Forms of humoursome

comparativemore humoursome
superlativemost humoursome

Origin of humoursome

From humour + -some.

Words formed from humoursome

Questions about humoursome

What does humoursome mean?
Humoursome means liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
What part of speech is humoursome?
Humoursome is an adjective.

Words near humoursome in the dictionary

  1. humourlessness
  2. humourous
  3. humourously
  4. humourousness
  5. humours
  6. humoursome
  7. humoursomely
  8. humoursomeness
  9. humous
  10. hump
  11. hump and dump

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